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Can a monthly shot tame Sky-High cholesterol in children?

NCT ID NCT07102511

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First seen Jul 28, 2026 · Last updated Jul 29, 2026 · Updated 1 time

Summary

This trial tests whether a monthly injection of lerodalcibep can safely lower LDL cholesterol in children aged 6 to 17 with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia, an inherited condition that causes dangerously high cholesterol. Participants receive either the drug or a placebo injection every month for about six months, alongside their usual diet and cholesterol-lowering medications. The study measures changes in LDL levels at 12 and 24 weeks to see if the drug offers additional benefit.

What this could mean

Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.

Active substance
an experimental drug called lerodalcibep (Lerochol), given as a monthly injection
What this could lead to
If it works, this could offer a new monthly injection option to help children with inherited high cholesterol lower their LDL levels.
What could go wrong
This is a phase 3 trial, so earlier results are promising but not definitive. The drug may cause side effects or not work as well in younger patients.

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Study facts

What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.

Phase

Phase 3

Large-scale testing in a bigger group. Usually the last step before a treatment can be approved.

Participants

About 150 people

The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.

Started

Jul 2026

Expected to finish

Nov 2028

An estimate. End dates often move.

Lead sponsor

A company

The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.

Who can take part

This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.

Ages

6 to 17 years

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Not accepted

This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.

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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.

Inclusion Criteria: 1. Provision of written and signed informed consent/assent prior to any study-specific procedure; 2. Male or female, 6 to 17 years of age (defined as from 6 to less than 18 years of age), at the first Screening Visit; 3. Weight of more than 18 kg (40 lbs) and BMI more than 17 and less than42 kg/m2; 4. Diagnosis of definite, probable, or possible HeFH based on clinical criteria (SB Register criteria or genotyping and at the defined eligibility visit (Screening Visit or post washout/stabilization); a calculated LDL-C (Friedewald) equal or above 130 mg/dL and TG below 400 mg/dL while on stable lipid-lowering oral drug therapy (eg, maximally tolerated statin with or without ezetimibe); Note: Patients unable to tolerate approved doses of a statin may take lower than approved doses and less frequently than daily as long as the dose and dosing frequency is consistent per the Investigator's judgment. Patients with documented intolerance to statins may also participate; 5. On a stable diet and lipid-lowering oral therapies (statins, ezetimibe, bile-acid sequestrants) or combinations thereof for at least 6 weeks (excluded oral lipid-lowering agents include mipomersen, lomitapide, and gemfibrozil); 6. Patients on a PCSK9 mAb must undergo a washout period of \>8 weeks after the last dose. For patients who have received an siRNA PCSK9 inhibitor the washout period is 360 days post last dose; 7. Females of childbearing potential must be using a highly effective form of contraception if sexually active and have negative urine pregnancy test at the last Screening Visit; Note: Highly effective methods of birth control include refraining from heterosexual sexual intercourse during the entire period of risk, birth control pills or patches, intrauterine devices (IUDs), sexual activity with a male partner who has had a vasectomy, condom or diaphragm or cervical cap with spermicide or IUD, oral, implantable, or injectable contraceptives. 8. Male patients will either be surgically sterile or agree to use the following forms of contraception: male or female condom with spermicide and a female partner who is sterile or who agrees to use the following contraceptives: diaphragm or cervical cap with spermicide; or IUD, oral, implantable, or injectable contraceptives; and 9. Male patients must refrain from sperm donation until 90 days following the last dose of study drug. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Use of prohibited oral lipid-lowering agents mipomersen or lomitapide within 6 months of screening or gemfibrozil within 6 weeks of the Screening Visit; 2. LDL or plasma apheresis within 2 months prior to Day 1; 3. Documented history of HoFH defined as clinical and/or genetic with true HoFH (ie, identical pathogenic variants), compound heterozygous (ie, 2 different pathogenic LDLR variants) or combined heterozygous (2 different pathogenic FH variants such as LDLR plus ApoB or LDLR plus PCSK9 gain-of function); 4. History of any prior or active clinical condition or acute and/or unstable systemic disease compromising patient inclusion, at the discretion of the Investigator, including but not limited to clinically significant pulmonary, hematologic, gastrointestinal, endocrine (excluding diabetes), immunologic, dermatologic, neurologic, or psychiatric disease, which in the Investigator's opinion, would not be suitable for the study from a patient safety consideration or could interfere with the results of the study; 5. Females of childbearing potential who are sexually active, not using or unwilling to use a highly effective form of contraception, pregnant or breastfeeding, or who have a positive urine pregnancy test at the last Screening Visit; Note: Highly effective methods of birth control include refraining from heterosexual sexual intercourse during the entire period of risk, birth control pills or patches, IUDs, sexual activity with a male partner who has had a vasectomy, condom or diaphragm or cervical cap with spermicide or IUD, oral, implantable, or injectable contraceptives. 6. Moderate to severe renal dysfunction, defined as an estimated glomerular filtration rate \<30 mL/min/1.73m2 at the Screening Visit; 7. Active liver disease or hepatic dysfunction (eg, cirrhosis, alcoholic liver disease, known hepatitis B or hepatitis C, autoimmune hepatitis, liver failure, liver cancer), history of liver transplant, and/or AST or ALT \>2.5 × the ULN based on age as determined by central laboratory analysis at screening (tests that result in ALT or AST up to 3 × ULN may have 1 repeat test to confirm eligibility during the Screening Period); 8. Uncontrolled thyroid disease: hyperthyroidism or hypothyroidism as defined by thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) below the lower limit of normal (LLN) or \>1.5 × ULN, respectively, at the Screening Visit. If TSH is above/below these cut-off points, the patient can enter if the free triiodothyronine (FT3) is within the reference range. If controlled, then treatment should be stable for at least 3 months prior to the Screening Visit; 9. Uncontrolled Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes mellitus (defined as fasting glucose above 200 mg/dL and HbA1c of above 9%); 10. Uncontrolled serious cardiac arrhythmia (sustained ventricular tachycardia, frequent non sustained ventricular tachycardia, any ventricular fibrillation episode, wide-complex tachycardia, atrial fibrillation with rapid ventricular response, and severe second-degree or third degree atrioventricular block), myocardial infarction (MI), unstable angina, percutaneous coronary intervention, coronary artery bypass grafting, placement of implantable cardioverter defibrillator or biventricular pacemaker, aortic valve surgery, or stroke within 3 months prior to enrollment (the day patient signs the informed consent/assent and first procedure is performed); 11. Planned cardiac surgery or revascularization; 12. New York Heart Association III-IV heart failure; or patients with last documented left ventricular ejection fraction \<30% by standard of care assessments (eg, echocardiography, cardiac magnetic resonance imaging, nuclear imaging, computed tomography angiography, or angiography with ventriculogram), within 12 months; 13. Uncontrolled hypertension defined as a reproducible (ie, repeated 5 minutes apart) sitting blood pressure above 160 mmHg systolic or above 100 mmHg diastolic; 14. Enrolled in another investigational device or drug study, or less than 30 days or 5 half-lives since ending another investigational device or drug study(ies), or receiving other investigational agent(s); such as PCSK9 or ANGPTL3 or Lp(a) siRNA or locked nucleic acid reducing agents within 12 months of the Screening Visit; 15. Unexplained CK \>5 × ULN, unless related to exercise or unusual activity in which case 1 repeat test is allowed; 16. Patients who cannot be available for Protocol-required study visits or procedures, to the best of the patient's and Investigator's knowledge; 17. A history, within 6 months prior to screening, of prescription drug abuse, illicit drug use, or alcohol abuse according to medical history; 18. Donated or lost a significant volume (\>500 mL) of blood or plasma within 30 days prior to Day 1; 19. Had a blood transfusion within 4 weeks of randomization or known diagnosis of human immunodeficiency virus; 20. Previous treatment with lerodalcibep or any adnectin product; 21. Have any other finding which, in the opinion of the Investigator, would compromise the patient's safety or participation in the study; or 22. An employee or family member of the Investigator or study site personnel.

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

familial hypercholesterolemia Hypercholesterolemia

As listed by the trial registrant

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How to take part

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  1. The places running it

    7 sites in 6 countries. The list below names each one and where it is.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Ege Universitesi Tip Fakultesi

    Izmir, 35100, Turkey (Türkiye)

  • Iatros International

    Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa

  • Lipid Clinic Hadassah Medical Center

    Jerusalem, Israel

  • Lipid Clinic Wits University

    Johannesburg, Gauteng, 2193, South Africa

  • Metabolic & Atherosclerosis Research Center

    Cincinnati, Ohio, 45227, United States

  • New Zealand Clinical Research

    Christchurch, 8011, New Zealand

  • The Lipid Clinic Oslo University Hospital

    Oslo, 0586, Norway

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